Aussie Earthquake hits Melbourne
Pastor Dale Morgan
*Aussie Earthquake hits Melbourne*
October 23, 2006 02:13am
Article from: AAP
AUSTRALIA - AN earthquake has hit Melbourne and its suburbs, but there
are no reports of damage.
Geoscience Australia senior seismologist Dr Phil Cummins said the quake
was recorded at 10.36pm (AEST) last night, and it prompted a flood a calls.
It was big enough to send a shudder through buildings, Dr Cummins said,
but the quake appears to have done little more than rattle window panes.
“We've got it as a magnitude 2.5 at the moment,” Dr Cummins said early
today.
He said the epicentre was just north of the Melbourne suburb of
Dandenong, in the city's south-east, and it would have been felt over
about a 50km radius.
“We've had reports of people's housing shaking and of hearing a noise,
but no damage,” Dr Cummins said.
He said more details on the quake would be released later today when
data from a number of stations could be analysed.
Dr Cummins also said the event was not common.
“A magnitude 2.5 (earthquake) around this area is not that rare, but
it's not a frequent event either,” Dr Cummins said.
“The stress builds in the earth and it just releases.”